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- From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
- Newsgroups: mi.misc
- Subject: Re: Zmodem on Merit
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 06:18:52 GMT
- Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Brian S. Schang (brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us) wrote:
- : Hi. The other day I was trying to do a binary zmodem transfer from
- : my CAEN account on Merit with no success. I am guessing that I have
- : to tell Merit that I am going to transfer a binary file through the
- : various Merit commands. What commands are necessary? What do I have
- : to do to get a zmodem transfer to work from Merit?
-
- zmodem through the pdp-11s is generally a lose. there are occasional
- hacks that people do to get it to work, but merit has never understood
- that people want to do high speed modem transfers, and so nothing
- has really been supported.
-
- your best luck at getting transfers into CAEN is to join the public
- access ip nets that are starting up around town; for $20/mo you can
- get a flat rate service through Msen which gives you a "disconnected"
- (Msen network only) network number and an account on our shell access
- system. from those two you can shoot files back and forth no problem.
- I have seen the "proxy ftpd" stuff for talking through firewalls and
- soon as there's a spare moment we'll be running that so you can do
- direct FTPs even tho you're not **really** connected to the net.
-
- it is time for people to stop putting up with the extreme goofyness
- of the merit dial up system and apply their modems to more productive
- uses. by propping up their paleolithic systems you perpetuate the
- ancient regime.
-
- just say no to pdp-11s.
-
- Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
- Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 998 GLOB
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